Macworld USA – August 2019

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70 MACWORLD AUGUST 2019


FEATURE 10 ESSENTIAL iPAD FEATURES

T


he iPad isn’t really the laptop
replacement Apple wants us to
think it is, but anyone who
outright dismisses it as a
productivity device shouldn’t be taken too
seriously, either. The iPad can feel magical
when you have the knowledge of the right
tricks at hand. Once you’ve mastered
them, works sometimes feels fun. It may
not be a MacBook, but you’d be wrong
to dismiss it as giant iPhone.
Here’s a little introduction to the
wizardry Apple conceals beneath the
familiar facade of iOS. Some tips basically
amount to refreshers of the tutorials, but
other bits may make you whisper, “Wow.”
(I’m speaking from my own experience.)


Once you’ve got these tools at your
disposal, you’ll understand why Apple has
such a ridiculous lead in the tablet market.


  1. USE SPLIT VIEW FOR BETTER
    MULTITASKING
    Split View multitasking is one of the iPad’s
    biggest advantages over the iPhone.
    Whenever you want to see two apps
    side-by-side—such as a Safari webpage
    alongside a Pages doc—open one app the
    normal way, and then drag up the second
    app’s icon from the dock all the way to the
    left or right edge of the display. (And yep,
    the app needs to already be in the dock
    for this to work.) If all goes well, the screen
    will split into two halves with an adjustable
    divider down the
    middle.
    If you just want to
    use the second app
    for a quick
    reference, you can
    make it a thin
    window that floats
    “above” the primary
    app. Just follow the
    steps above, but
    don’t drag the
    second app all the
    way to the edge.
    Instead, drop it
    somewhere around
    the middle. When


I sometimes wish Apple could figure out a way to make Split View
work on the larger iPhones.


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